Jon Jones is the new Mayweather, the new Ali. He is fake, and it's on purpose. The trolling, the brawling, the general douchebaggery -- he's foregone the nice guy image, realizing that it is not the gateway to $$$.

How could someone say ALI acted the same as jones does ? ALI was a man and acted like one , jon jones acts like a female at times . And also it's not an act jones is a fake, period . But I guess it doesn't matter because no matter what he is the best fighter on the planet .

Quality thread, TS. I was expecting a white belt, but you have an orange belt and a 2012 join date.

congrats?

Good contribution.

Anyhow, to clarify what I meant to everyone else: I don't mean that Jones is literally trying to be Ali or Mayweather, trying to be the outspoken bad guy. Rather, I think he's accepted that people don't like his persona, the "fakeness", the trolling on social media then covering it up during interviews with soft-spoken niceness, etc. Whether it's real or not I don't know, but he's now using it as part of his image to sell his brand and fights, and I think it's working.

I don't usually buy PPVs (I've only ever personally paid for UFC 100 and 168), but I'm going to buy this one now thanks to all this mad hype (and McGOATor, of course).

Jon Jones is the new Mayweather, the new Ali. He is fake, and it's on purpose. The trolling, the brawling, the general douchebaggery -- he's foregone the nice guy image, realizing that it is not the gateway to $$$.

Well played, Jones, well played.

used to be a big fan of him up until recently.. he is way too fake and seems like a dick